July 16, 2019

Born on this date
Happy Birthday, Campbell Milton, Carmen Reyes Zubiaga and Anna!

675 years ago
1344

Died on this date
An-Nasir Ahmad, 27 or 28. Sultan of Egypt and Syria, 1342. An-Nasir Ahmad, a son of Sultan an-Nasir Muhammad, became involved in the dispute over the succession to his father, who died in 1341. An-Nasir Ahmad was installed as sultan on January 21, 1342, but was deposed by his half-brother as-Salih Isma'il on June 27, 1342, and remained in the fortress of al-Karak, until he was captured and killed on the orders of as-Salih Isma'il.

510 years ago
1509

Died on this date
Joao da Nova, 48 or 49. Galician-born Portuguese explorer. Mr. Nova led two Portuguese expeditions to India, and was credited with the discovery of the islands of Ascension and Saint Helena in the South Atlantic Ocean. He died in India.

290 years ago
1729

Died on this date
Johann David Heinichen, 46. German composer. Mr. Heinichen was a lawyer who composed orchestral, instrumental, and chamber works, but was best known for his choral works, and especially his liturgical works. He died after a long battle with tuberculosis.

250 years ago
1769

Americana
Father Junípero Serra founded California's first mission, Mission San Diego de Alcalá; over the following decades, it evolved into the city of San Diego, California.

240 years ago
1779

War
American Light Infantry under Brigadier General Anthony Wayne, a veteran of Québec, made a successful midnight surprise assault against British fortifications at Stony Point, New York. British commander Colonel Henry Johnson lost 63 killed, 70 wounded, and 500 captured to 15 killed and 80 wounded on the American side. Col. Johnson abandoned the fort two days later.

South Americana
The city of La Paz, in what is today Bolivia, declared its independence from the Spanish Crown during the La Paz revolution and formed the Junta Tuitiva, the first independent government in Spanish America, led by Pedro Domingo Murillo.

170 years ago
1849

Died on this date
Sarah Allen, 84 or 85. U.S. missionary. Mrs. Allen, born a Negro slave in Virginia, was the wife of African Methodist Episcopal Church founder Richard Allen, and became the church's leading missionary, known as "The Funding Mother."

Politics and government
Richard Blanshard was appointed Governor of Vancouver Island; he served until August 1851.

Religion
Antonio María Claret y Clará founded the Congregation of the Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, popularly known as the Claretians, in Vic, in the province of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.

130 years ago
1889

Born on this date
Larry Semon. U.S. movie actor, director, and producer. Mr. Semon was one of the major figures of silent film comedy from 1915-1928. His best-known film was probably The Wizard of Oz (1925). Mr. Semon ran up big budgets on his films, which eventually led to his bankruptcy. He suffered a nervous breakdown and reportedly died in a sanatorium of pneumonia and tuberculosis on October 8, 1928 at the age of 39.

110 years ago
1909

World events
Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar was forced out as Shah of Persia and was replaced by his son Ahmad Shah Qajar.

Baseball
The Detroit Tigers and Washington Nationals played to a 0-0 tie in 18 innings before 3,078 fans at Bennett Park in Detroit in the longest scoreless game in American League history. Ed Summers pitched all 18 innings for the Tigers, giving up just 7 hits and 2 bases on balls, while striking out 10. Washington starter Dolly Gray gave up just 1 hit in 8 innings before leaving with an injury; Bob Groom relieved him.

100 years ago
1919

Born on this date
Hermine Braunsteiner. Austrian-born German war criminal. SS Helferin Braunsteiner was a female camp guard at Ravensbruck and Majdanek concentration camps during World War II, and was known for her extreme sadism. She earned the nickname "The Stomping Mare" for stomping women to death, and whipped at least two women to death. She served two years in prison (1948-1950) in Austria for crimes against humanity, and was then given amnesty. Miss Braunsteiner met an American named Russell Ryan and they emigrated to Halifax, Nova Scotia, marrying in 1958, moving to the United States in 1959. Mrs. Ryan became an American citizen in 1963, but Nazi hunter Simon Wiesenthal, acting upon information that he had received from former concentration camp inmates who had met him in Tel Aviv, traced her whereabouts to New York City. Mrs. Ryan was denaturalized in 1971, and in 1973 became the first Nazi war criminal to be extradited from the United States to face trial in Germany. A lengthy trial of Mrs. Ryan and 15 other defendants resulted in her receiving a life sentence in 1981. Complications from diabetes led to her release on medical grounds in 1996, and she died in Bochum, Germany on April 19, 1999 at the age of 79.

Choi Kyu-hah. Prime Minister of South Korea, 1975-1979; President of South Korea, 1979-1980. Mr. Choi was S.K. Ambassador to Malaysia (1967-1971) and Foreign Minister (1967-1971) before becoming Prime Minister. He acceded to the presidency upon the assassination of Park Chung-hee on October 26, 1979 and promised democratic elections, but was deposed by a coup led by Major General Chun Doo-hwan. Mr. Choi died on October 22, 2006 at the age of 87.

75 years ago
1944

War
British troops in France pushed forward in a 6-mile front between the Odon and Orne Rivers. British troops crossed the Arno River in central Italy and established a bridgehead just south of Castiglion Fibocchi. Soviet troops captured Grodno, 45 miles east of the prewar border of East Prussia. U.S. planes and ships completed 13 consecutive days of attacks on Japanese-held Guam.

Diplomacy
The Polish government-in-exile in London published a pamphlet summing up claims to East Prussia, Danzig, and the Polish Corridor, which it said must become part of postwar Poland.

Economics and finance
The United States Chamber of Commerce published its reconversion program which, among other things, called for government aid to industry.

70 years ago
1949

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Kent Music Report): The Pussy Cat Song (Nyow! Nyot Nyow!)--Patty Andrews and Bob Crosby (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard) (Best Seller): Riders in the Sky (A Cowboy Legend)--Vaughn Monroe and his Orchestra (10th week at #1)

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Riders in the Sky (A Cowboy Legend)--Vaughn Monroe and his Orchestra (7th week at #1)
2 Some Enchanted Evening--Perry Como
--Bing Crosby
3 Again--Gordon Jenkins and his Orchestra
--Mel Torme
--Vic Damone
--Doris Day and the Mellomen
4 Baby, it's Cold Outside--Margaret Whiting and Johnny Mercer
--Dinah Shore and Buddy Clark
--Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five
--Don Cornell and Laura Leslie
5 Forever and Ever--Russ Morgan and his Orchestra
--Perry Como
6 Bali Ha'i--Perry Como
--Bing Crosby
7 A Wonderful Guy--Margaret Whiting
8 I Don't See Me in Your Eyes Anymore--The Stardusters with Gordon Jenkins and his Orchestra
--Perry Como
9 Merry-Go-Round Waltz--Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians
10 Careless Hands--Sammy Kaye and his "Swing and Sway" Orchestra
--Bing Crosby
--Mel Torme

The only single entering the chart was Yes, Yes in Your Eyes by Eddy Howard and his Orchestra (#36).

On the radio
Tales of Fatima, starring Basil Rathbone, on CBS
Tonight’s episode: Cargo of Death

Died on this date
Mahmoud Hassan Pasha, 78. Egyptian politician. Mr. Hassan was Egypt's Minister of State.

Alexander Whitney, 76. U.S. labour leader. Mr. Whitney joined the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen in 1898, and served as its president from 1928 until his death from a heart attack. He led the union in a two-day strike in 1946 that paralyzed rail transport across the United States. Mr. Whitney was succeeded as union president by William Parker Kennedy.

War
The Chinese Nationalist government in Canton established a Supreme War Council led by Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek, who effectively resumed control over the war effort.

Diplomacy
The U.S. Central Intelligence Agency advised a Senate Judiciary subcommittee that at least 29 United Nations representatives of foreign nations were "high-ranking Communist Party officials" working against American interests.

Defense
Defense ministers of Western European Union states, meeting in Luxembourg, announced an agreement to unify their arms production and military supply services.

Scandal
U.S. Army Secretary Gordon Gray suspended two generals, Quartermaster General Herman Feldman and Chemical Corps chief Alden Waitt, pending investigation of alleged influence peddling in the award of Army contracts. The charges resulted from a recent expose of "five percenter" James Hunt.

Politics and government
A U.S. Bill of Rights Congress, called to protest Federal Bureau of Investigation investigating methods, opened in New York. The meeting was sponsored by former U.S. Vice President Henry Wallace, singer Paul Robeson, and National Lawyers Guild President Clifford Durr.

Religion
The Czechoslovakian Communist Party issued a statement calling the Roman Catholic Church "our greatest enemy," but denying any intention of prohibiting religious observance.

Journalism
The Inter-American Press Congress concluded a six-day meeting in Quito after reporting that 16 American republics practiced some form of censorship.

60 years ago
1959

On television tonight
The Lawless Years, starring James Gregory, on NBC
Tonight's episode: Framed



Died on this date
Bob Coleman, 68. U.S. baseball player, coach, and manager. Mr. Coleman was a catcher with the Pittsburgh Pirates (1913-1914) and Cleveland Indians (1916), batting .241 with 1 home run and 27 runs batted in in 116 games. He played at least 1,374 games in 16 seasons in the minor leagues from 1910-1927. Mr. Coleman coached with the Boston Red Sox (1926); Detroit Tigers (1932); and Boston Braves (1943), and managed the Braves on an interim basis in 1943 and full-time in 1944-1945, compiling a record of 128-165. He managed for 35 seasons in the minor leagues from 1919-1957, compiling a record of 2,496-2,103. Mr. Coleman managed the Evansville Hubs of the Class B Three-I League for 20 years, leading them to 8 pennants, including one in his final season. Mr. Coleman died of cancer.

Jimmy Ripple, 49. U.S. baseball player. Mr. Ripple was an outfielder with the New York Giants (1936-1939); Brooklyn Dodgers (1939-1940); Cincinnati Reds (1940-1941); and Philadelphia Athletics (1943), batting .282 with 28 home runs and 251 runs batted in in 554 games. He helped the Giants win National League pennants in 1936 and 1937 and the Reds win the World Series in 1940, batting .320 with 2 homers and 9 RBIs in 17 World Series games. Mr. Ripple played at least 1,391 games in 12 seasons in the minor leagues from 1929-1944, including 10 seasons in the International League. He was inducted into the International League Hall of Fame in 1956, and died of acute hemorrhagic pancreatitis.

Space
A 120-inch reflector telescope, the world's second-largest after the 200-inch Mout Palomar telescope, went into operation at the University of California's Lick Observatory on Mount Hamilton, California.

Terrorism
French security forces arrested 93 Cameroonese accused of responsibility for recent terrorist attacks in the Yaounde and Douala regions of the French Cameroons.

Politics and government
U.S. Senator Hubert Humphrey (Minnesota) said that he approved of the joint announcement two days earlier by Sen. Eugene McCarthy (Democrat--Minnesota) and Minnesota Governor Orville Freeman of Sen. Humphrey's candidacy for the 1960 Democratic Party U.S. presidential nomination, but did not consider it his formal entry into the presidential race.

Baseball
The New York Yankees trailed the Cleveland Indians 5-4 going into the bottom of the 9th inning of the first game of a doubleheader before 38,674 fans at Yankee Stadium, but Yogi Berra led off with a home run to tie the score, and Mickey Mantle hit a 2-run homer with 2 out in the bottom of the 10th to give the Yankees a 7-5 win. Bobby Shantz pitched a 5-hitter and Enos Slaughter hit a 2-run homer in the 2nd inning to provide the necessary scoring as the Yankees won the second game 4-0 to complete the sweep.

Dick Donovan and Gerry Staley combined to pitch a 4-hitter for the Chicago White Sox edged the Boston Red Sox 4-3 in the first game of a doubleheader before 17,285 fans at Fenway Park in Boston. Marty Keough led off the bottom of the 7th inning with a double and Vic Wertz followe with a single to drive him home to break a 4-4 tie as the Red Sox won the second game 5-4. The split left the White Sox 1 game ahead of the Indians in the American League pennant race.

Wally Post batted 3 for 4 with a triple, 2 runs, and 2 runs batted in to help the Philadelphia Phillies beat the San Francisco Giants 6-4 in the first game of a doubleheader before 22,159 fans at Connie Mack Stadium in Philadelphia. Robin Roberts pitched a 10-hit complete game victory. In the second game, pinch hitter Dusty Rhodes singled home Jackie Brandt with 1 out in the top of the 9th inning for the game's only run as the Giants won 1-0. Johnny Antonelli pitched a 3-hitter to improve his 1959 record to 14-4, winning the pitchers' duel over Gene Conley, who pitched an 8-hitter.

50 years ago
1969

Hit parade
#1 single in the U.K. (Record Retailer): Something in the Air--Thunderclap Newman (3rd week at #1)

Space
A Saturn V rocket carrying the Apollo 11 crew of Neil Armstrong (Commander), Buzz Aldrin (Lunar Module Pilot), and Michael Collins (Command Module Pilot) lifted off from launch pad 39A at Cape Kennedy, Florida at 9:32 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, bound for a manned landing on the moon.











To follow the Apollo 11 mission in real time, go to Apollo 11 in Real Time.

For more on this date, see The Days of Apollo 11.

40 years ago
1979

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Kent Music Report): Pop Muzik--M (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in Japan (Oricon Singles Chart): Kimi no Asa--Satoshi Kishida (5th week at #1)

#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): Estoy Bailando--Hermanas Goggi

Politics and government
Iraqi President Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr resigned, and was replaced by Saddam Hussein.

Energy
In speeches delivered in Kansas City, Missouri and Detroit, U.S. President Jimmy Carter said that his energy program would cost $140 billion over the next 10 years, and that the entire cost would be covered by the windfall profits tax on the oil companies currently before Congress. He also stressed the indispensable role of nuclear power in the nation’s future. A New York Times/CBS News poll showed an increase from 26% to 37% in Mr. Carter’s performance approval rating, and 77% of those polled agreed that there was a "crisis of confidence" in the country.

Protest
Formerly classified documents revealed that the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency had used intelligence satellites in the late 1960s to spy on American students engaged in antiwar demonstrations. The papers said that the spying was an attempt to check "possible foreign connections with the U.S. antiwar movement." The CIA admitted that the spying failed to find any connections. The documents were obtained under a Freedom of Information Act request by the Center for National Security Studies.

30 years ago
1989

Hit parade
#1 single in New Zealand (RIANZ): Batdance--Prince

#1 single in Switzerland: The Look--Roxette (8th week at #1)

Died on this date
Herbert von Karajan, 81. Austrian orchestra conductor. Mr. Karajan was one of the 20th century's most famous conductors, and was music director of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra from 1955 until his death.

Diplomacy
The leaders of the world’s seven largest industrial nations, at their annual summit in Paris, issued a statement that focused far more on the environment than in the past, calling for more effort to eliminate the emission of gases that threatened to alter the world’s climate. They also endorsed debt restructuring as a means of encouraging backward countries to protect their natural resources.

25 years ago
1994

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (ARIA): Love is All Around--Wet Wet Wet (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in Italy: Sweet Dreams--La Bouche (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): Baby, I Love Your Way--Big Mountain (5th week at #1)

#1 single in Denmark (Nielsen Music Control & IFPI):

#1 single in Flanders (VRT): Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm--Crash Test Dummies (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in France (SNEP): I Like to Move It--Reel 2 Real & the Mad Stuntman (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in the Netherlands (De Nederlandse Top 40): Dreams (Will Come Alive)--2 Brothers on the 4th Floor

#1 single in the U.K. (BMRB): Love is All Around--Wet Wet Wet (7th week at #1)

U.S.A. Top 10 (Billboard)
1 I Swear--All-4-One (9th week at #1)
2 Regulate--Warren G & Nate Dogg
3 Any Time, Any Place/And On and On--Janet Jackson
4 Stay (I Missed You)--Lisa Loeb & Nine Stories
5 Don't Turn Around--Ace of Base
6 Back and Forth--Aaliyah
7 Fantastic Voyage--Coolio
8 Can You Feel the Love Tonight--Elton John
9 Funkdafied--Da Brat
10 If You Go--Jon Sedaca

Singles entering the chart were The Way She Loves Me by Richard Marx (#42); You Let Your Heart Go Too Fast by Spin Doctors (#78); You Better Wait by Steve Perry (#86); Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik by Outcast (#88); Wink by Neal McCoy (#91); Give it Up by Public Enemy (#93); and Captain Save a Hoe by E-40 (#94).

U.S.A. top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Any Time, Any Place/And On and On--Janet Jackson
2 Don't Turn Around--Ace of Base
3 I Swear--All-4-One
4 Anytime You Need a Friend--Mariah Carey
5 You Mean the World to Me--Toni Braxton
6 Stay (I Missed You)--Lisa Loeb & Nine Stories
7 If You Go--Jon Secada
8 Back and Forth--Aaliyah
9 I'll Remember--Madonna
10 Can You Feel the Love Tonight--Elton John

Singles entering the chart were You Let Your Heart Go Too Fast by Spin Doctors (#73); You Better Wait by Steve Perry (#77); The Right Kinda Lover by Patti LaBelle (#85); Distant Sun by Crowded House (#87); and Happiness by Billy Lawrence (#90).

Died on this date
Julian Schwinger, 76. U.S. physicist. Dr. Schwinger shared the 1965 Nobel Prize in Physics with Richard Feynman and Sin-Itiro Tomonaga "for their fundamental work in quantum electrodynamics, with deep-ploughing consequences for the physics of elementary particles."

Space
Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9 collided with Jupiter. Impacts continued until July 22.

Football
CFL
Calgary (1-1) 42 @ Baltimore (1-1) 16
Toronto (1-1) 35 @ Shreveport (0-2) 34
Saskatchewan (1-1) 22 @ Las Vegas (2-0) 32 (OT)

Doug Flutie passed for 2 touchdowns and rushed for another, and PeeWee Smith returned a punt 57 yards for a touchdown as the Stampeders beat the Baltimore Football Club before 39,247 fans in the first CFL regular season game to be played at Memorial Stadium.

Mike Kerrigan threw 2 touchdown passes as the Argonauts scored 17 straight points in the 4th quarter to defeat the Pirates before 20,624 fans in the first CFL regular season game to be played at Independence Stadium.

Carlos Huerta kicked a 53-yard field goal and converted Zed Robinson's touchdown rush as the Posse outscored the Roughriders 10-0 in overtime before 12,213 fans in the first CFL regular season game to be played at Sam Boyd Stadium. Las Vegas quarterback Anthony Calvillo threw touchdown passes to Curtis Mayfield and Kalin Hall. The game was played in 105 F.-heat, which took a toll on the Roughriders. This was the game where Dennis K.C. Parks was supposed to sing O Canada, but sang the lyrics of the anthem to the tune of O Tannenbaum.



20 years ago
1999

Died on this date
John F. Kennedy, Jr., 38. U.S. publisher. Mr. Kennedy, the son of the late U.S. President John F. Kennedy was killed along with his wife Carolyn Bessette and her sister Lauren when the Piper Saratoga II HP piloted by Mr. Kennedy crashed near Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts. Mr. Kennedy had recently founded George magazine.

Football
CFL
Montreal (2-0) 22 @ Hamilton (1-1) 16
Saskatchewan (0-2) 6 @ Edmonton (1-1) 39

Edmonton quarterback Nealon Greene completed 17 of 24 passes for 206 yards and 4 touchdowns, and set a CFL record for yards rushing by a quarterback in a single game with 180 yards on 14 carries (with 1 touchdown). Bobby Phillips, in his first CFL game, added 90 yards on 20 carries for the Eskimos. Terry Vaughn caught 10 passes for 138 yards and 2 touchdowns, and Ed Hervey caught his first CFL touchdown pass. Rookie Eskimo kicker Matt Kellett was suffering from a groin injury and was unable to perform kickoff duties; receiver Rick Walters took over the role for the first time in his career. Mr. Kellett also missed 2 consecutive converts, becoming the first player since Larry Robinson of Calgary in 1974 to miss 2 converts in a game. 32,113 were in attendance at Commonwealth Stadium.

10 years ago
2009

Defense
Canadian Defence Minister Peter MacKay announced an untendered $9 billion plan to buy 65 F-35 Joint Strike Fighter jets from Lockheed Martin, to replace the Air Force's aging fleet of CF-18s in 2016. The overall cost was expected to reach $16 billion when a 20-year maintenance contract was factored in.

Football
CFL
British Columbia (1-2) 40 @ Edmonton (1-2) 22

Jarious Jackson completed 25 of 34 passes for 419 yards and 4 touchdowns to lead the Lions over the Eskimos before 33,661 fans at Commonwealth Stadium. Geroy Simon caught 2 of Mr. Jackson's TD passes, with Paris Jackson and Emanuel Arceneaux catching the others. Edmonton quarterback Ricky Ray completed touchdown passes to Maurice Mann and Calvin McCarty, and Mr. McCarty rushed 1 yard for the final TD with 12 seconds remaining in the game.